The Brookhaven leader., 1887-09-08
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

ago from AMBUSH near town. several OF
Logan's followers who have been indicted
for supposed participation in the massacre,
are hiding near town heavily armed and
can not be arrested. Troops will leave
when court adjourns and it is expected
fighting will begin then.
! Thomas @. Knott, alias Hanleighton, was
arrested recently in New Albany, Ind, on
a charge Of using the United States mails
/ for fraudulent purposes. He sent two let
ters to Sumterville, Fla, Offering TO sell to
parties there a supply of ten dollar coun-
terfeit bills at big discount. The letters
were returned to the chief of police Of New
Albany, who arrested Knott when he went
| to the post-office for his mail.
Judge Henry F. Cook, a prominent men,
ber of the Mississippi bar, died at his resi-
dence in Vicksburg, Miss, a few days ago,
| after a long and painful illness, in his
| SEVENTEEN year. He was a Mexican vet
eran, having served through that war with
distinction and received special mention
| from the War Department. He was First
| Lieutenant in the Southern army from
| Vicksburg in one of the companies Of
Colonel jeff Davis celebrated First Mis-
sissppi Regiment.
The streets of Vicksburg, Miss. have
been lettered and the houses numbered.
! The new water-works will be in operation
| by December l.
Two opera houses and several buildings
| were burned at Richmond, KY, a few days
ago: loss, $4,000.
They had a pumpkin on show at Titus
! vile, Fla, recently, that had girth of
seven feet two inches, and weighed 100
pounds.
The authorities of Augusta, Ga, pro-
hibited as sacrlegious the representation
of Christ and the Virgin in passion play
by the colored people of that city.
The flag that floated over the Marshall
House in Alexandria, Va, in 1861, and
was indirectly the cause of the death of
Jackson and Ellsworth, is now in the State
Capitol at Albany, n. Y.
Some Georgia farmers have found that
this years watermelon crop has paid them
500 per acre.
During the past seven months Governor
Gordon Of Georgia has received six hun
dred applications for pardon. There is a
possibility that the next Legislature will
appoint board of pardons to relieve the
| Governor.
Joseph Grammar, of Montgomery, Ala,
has been arrested for bigamy. Joseph was
found to have four wives, all of whom are
living. One seldom sees worse case of
bad Grammar.
William r. Grsbv, the oldest member of
the Bardstown (Ky.) bar, died at his
home, near that city few nights ago. He
was born in Nelson County, November IA,
1897.
The large amount of small change used
in paying off at the numerous works around
| Anniston, Ala, and now in demand to pay
cotton. pickers in the country, places silver
money, ordinarily a burden to the banks,
almost at a premium.
Out of the twenty five persons who were
examined at Augusta, Ky, recently, for
any grade certificate, only twelve succeed
ed in getting one. The result of this ex-
animation has caused considerable COM
ment from all sides Of the community.
Many cases of sickness and several
deaths are reported from Thorne Grove,
Knox County, Tenn. They were caused
by people drinking water from a spring
into which the dead bodies of dogs had
been thrown.
Ex-President Jefferson Davis has accept.
ed the invitation to attend the State fair
| in Macon, Ca, on October 90. On that day
there will be a reunion of all the surviving
ex-Confederate soldiers who can get there.
The schooner Scotia, from New York,
with granite copings for the Mobile &
Birmingham railroad bridge at Jackson,
Ala, is supposed lost with all on board.
Brown Hal paced a mile in 2:13 at the
Lexington (Ky.) Fairgrounds track, a few
days ago, beating Maxey Cobb's record a
quarter of a second. Hal is by Tom
Hal, out of Eaton. He was driven by
John Bostwick, of Spring Hill farm,
Tennessee.
| T. +Lo poron C;rc,,;+ Count OF Mona
head KY, Pigman and Perry, charged
with the murder of Craig Tolliver, were
cleared after two hours delberation by
the jury. Every thing at Morehead is
quiet, and no danger is apprehended from
an outbreak
negro revival is in progress at Flat
Creek Church, at Homer, Ga. A few
nights ago George Sanders, a prominent
white man, being intoxicated, took posses
sion of the pulpit for the purpose of
preaching, His father in-law, Mr.. VIM
Sailors, followed him and succeeded in
getting him away. Sanders then turned
around and stabbed his father in law
fatally.
A South Florida town has young lady
postmistress. She recently complained tC
an inspector that stamps were bOugh
from her and then letters mailed on the
train, thus robbing her of the fee of can
collation.. Long did she revolve various
schemes to prevent this, and finally sht
Cancelled the stamps when sold, and a.
they were good nowhere else the letter
bearing them were dropped in at her office
This is a new way to remedy an old evil.
1t is reported that the East Tennessee
Virginia s. Georgia Company has abou
completed arrangements for adding owe
two hundred miles to their already ex
tensive system of road. One line will b.
built from Knoxville to Nashville, vi,
Emery Gap, one hundred and fifty miles
and another from Clinton, twenty mile
north of Knoxville, on the Knoxville
Ohio Division, to Cuberland Gap, a dis
tance of sixty miles. Another line is als'
contemplated from Emery Gap to Soutl
Pittsburg, through Sequatchie Valley.
A movement is said to be on foot in
North Carolina to colonize colored peopl
in California. Homes for 10000 are guar
anteed free. 1t is represented that $500
acres of rich land have been secured
which will be given to those who go. Meet
ings are advertised to be held at the count,
towns of Pell, Martin, Pasquotank, Chow
an, Beauford, Richmond, Bladen, Wilsol
Edgecomb and LIE noir during the month
Leading colored orators are among tn
speakers.
Recent rains have revived things.
The directors of the Piedmont (Ga.) Ell
position have sent 800 invitations to tn
Veteran association in the Northwest
urging the old soldiers who fought betwee
Chattanooga and Atlanta to revisit tn
battle-felds during the first week of tb